Basic Information
Year Founded
UK since 2006
Headquarters Location
Denmark, UK subsidiary
Publicly Traded (Entity or Parent)
YES
Regulated?
YES
Primary Regulator
FCA
Minimum Deposit
$2000
Fixed Spreads?
NO
Trading Type
Dealing Desk, Mkt Mak, STP
Commissions on Trades
YES
CFD Loss Rate
72% loss rate on CFDs
Maximum Leverage
1:30
Currency Pairs Offered
182
General Average Rating - 3 scale
1,95
Background
Year Founded
UK since 2006
2,5
Headquarters location + Offices
Denmark, UK subsidiary
2,0
Publicly traded?
YES
3,0
Size Measure
Annual Revs > $100 million
3,0
Summary Score
2,63
Regulatory Compliance
Regulated or unregulated?
YES
3,0
Primary regulator
FCA
3,0
Multiple compliance
ESMA
2,0
Safety of Deposits
Very Secure
3,0
Summary Score
2,75
Fees & Charges
Commissions, Fees & Charges
Comm + spread on trades
1,0
General
Confusing fee schedules
1,0
Spreads
Competitive
1,0
Summary Score
1,50
Investment Products
Stocks - Breadth
Expansive - 35,000 items
3,0
Forex - Breadth
Major, minor, and exotic
3,0
Other: Comm, Crypto, Spread, CFD?
No Spread Betting, No Crypto
1,5
Summary Score
2,50
Platform experience
MT4 or equivalant
Limited access thru API
1,5
Proprietary options
Advanced proprietary platform
2,0
Special Advanced?
Mobile apps low security
1,5
Summary Score
1,67
Special Features
Feature A
Fee discounts at high levels
1,5
Feature B
High acct open fee, inactivity fees
1,5
Feature C
High-end institutional support
2,5
Summary Score
1,83
Research Tools/Guidance
Financial Commentary
Top line analyst commentary
2,5
Technical Anlaysis
Archive search needs work
2,5
Other Guidance
No social trading for small accts
1,0
Summary Score
1,67
Education Support
Basic Library
Not focused on small client
1,5
Webinars/Support
Basic webinars
1,5
General
72% loss rate on CFDs
1,5
Summary Score
1,50
Customer Support
Live Chat, Web, Tele, Offices
No live chat small accts
1,5
Responsiveness
Better than Average
2,5
FAQs? Quality?
Support delays
1,5
Summary Score
1,83
General Pros & Cons
Pro #1
Advanced charting tools
2,0
Pro #2
News and research integrated
2,5
Pro #3
Customizable Desktop
2,5
Con #1
Lack of Security features
1,0
Con #2
Focus on large clients
1,0
Con #3
No Stop Loss guarantee
1,0
Summary Score
1,67
General Average Rating - 3 scale
General Average Rating - 3 scale
1,95
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